Games industry analysts have already given his insights with US sales predictions for the month of July, practically ahead of the official market data by the NPD Group which is expected to be released this Thursday.
Michael Pachter from Wedbush Morgan and his fellow analyst firm EEDAR predicts Xbox 360 to be the king of the gaming platform sales for the seventh consecutive month, ahead of Nintendo’s DS, Wii and it’s direct rival, the PlayStation 3 (PS3).
Sony’s current generation home console is the only system both analyst firms expect to pitch an improvement over last July’s sales total. In the meantime, 3DS sales are forecast to take in second-bottom spot, ahead of PSP only, unless you still giving PS2 a real stat worthy.
Wedbush / EEDAR July sales estimates (change year-on-year):
360 – 350,000 (-21%) / 401,000 (-10%)
DS – 315,000 (-21%) / 310,000 (-22%)
Wii – 230,000 (-9%) / 225,000 (-11%)
PS3 – 220,000 (+3%) / 229,000 (+7%)
3DS – 110,000 (n/a) / 100,000 (n/a)
PSP – 90,000 (+7%) / 80,000 (-5%)
PS2 – 10,000 (-59%) / n/a
Total – 1,325,000 (-7%) / 1,345,000 (-5%)
While on the software side of the gaming performance, Pachter said he expects July sales to be given a lead by new release NCAA Football 12, with continued solid sales of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Infamous 2 and LA Noire.
mantas
Aug 11. 2011
true worldwide sales of all consoles would paint a different picture i’m afraid…
Ace
Aug 15. 2011
Just because Xbox and Nintendo sold more doesn’t mean they’re better. It just means a bunch of little kids wanted them and that’s all the money their parents felt like spending.
Evanescent
Aug 15. 2011
Umm.
I worked all last summer and bought my Xbox myself.
BTW, kids dont say “Hey mommy I want a game system.”
They say “Hey mommy I want an Xbox or Wii or Ps3.
But true. Just because they sell more, that doesnt mean they’re better.
Each console has something that only it can give to consumers. And every console has its pros and cons.
Michael
Aug 17. 2011
Like was said before, PS3 out sells 360 everywhere in the world except US but total world wide sales and time on market of each, PS3 already out sold 360 long ago worldwide.
jimmy
Sep 19. 2011
Xbox has sold more than ps3 which is an achievement considering they have barely sold an Xbox in Japan one of the biggest gaming countries.
Simon
Dec 06. 2011
PS3 is the King of quality. quality games, quality features, quality performance.
Who cares what a bunch of TV brainwashed American kids buy…
The fact is, PS3 has outsold the Xbox globally now, despite launching 16 months later and costing more.
Rian Q.
Dec 07. 2011
The games are infinitely more important than the console. The console is just a middleman and that’s it.